I'm trying to register some client scripts in my page, to no avail. My code looks like this:

using System;
...

[assembly: WebResource("Javascript.Global.js", "text/javascript")]
public class BasePage : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    public BasePage() : base()
    {}

    protected override void OnPreRender(EventArgs e)
    {
        Page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptResource(typeof(string),"Javascript.Global.js");

        base.OnPreRender(e);
    }
}

where BasePage.cs lives in '/App_Code/BasePage.cs' and Global.js lives in '/Javascript/Global.js'.

Since pages and master pages are partial classes and can't live under a namespace directly I don't know how to reference the resource/javascript file like 'Namespace.Directories.FileName.js'. If the class (a page) I'm registering the script to doesn't have a namespace defined can I omit a namespace completely in my web resource definition and my register script method call? Am I doing something else wrong?

bd

Hi,

one approach that I use is to create a static class called WebResources, put it under the desired namespace and define the metadata attributes there:

namespace MyNamespace {
   
    // Declare all the embedded resources here.
    [assembly: WebResource("MyNamespace.Javascript.Global.js", "text/javascript")]
    public static class WebResources {

    }

}

and then, to register an embedded resource, pass the type of  the static class and then the reference to the resource in the form Namespace.Directories.FileName:

Page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptResource(typeof(MyNamespace.WebResources), "MyNamespace.Javascript.Global.js");

Finally, remember to set the Build Action for the desired resource file to 'Embedded Resource' (this can be done in the Properties window for that file).

how can you set the build action for a file in a web project?

In other types of projects like class libraries I see the build action property in the properties window but for web applications I don't see that field in my properties window.

When I click on the javascript file I want to embed and look at the properties window I don't see a 'Build Action' field.

bd

Hi,

well you're right, you have to move your resources to a separate project (of type class library) in order to be able to embed them in an assembly (sorry, I didn't realize that you were going to embed them in a website project).